Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 60

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FINCH, Edward Ridley:

Lawyer; born N. Y. City, Nov. 15, 1873; was graduated from Yale, A. B., 1895; took special honors in political science and law, and was a member of the schol- arship society of Phi Beta Kappa; was

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graduated from Columbia University Law | 1899. Address, 3 Fountain Place, Ithaca, School in 1898, with LL. B., being ad- N. Y. mitted to the New York Bar in the same FINCH, William Albert: year; former member of the firm of Tap- Educator; born Newark, N. J., June 8, 1855; resided. Ithaca, N. Y., since eleven years old; educated, Ithaca Academy, Ith- aca High School; degree A. B., Cornell, 1880; studied law with Judge Francis M. Finch; admitted to practice, May, 1880; practiced in Ithaca, N. Y., till Sept., 1891; professor of law in Cornell University since 1891; member of Phi Beta Kappa, and of Delta Chi (law fraternity); author: Finch's Cases on the Law of Property in Land (Baker, Voorhis & Co.); The Law of Property in Land (a syllabus published by author), and of sundry small pamph- lets in the nature of syllabi for students. Address, Ithaca, N. Y. pan & Finch, 49 Wall St., and now head of the firm of Finch & Coleman, 32 Nas- sau St. Elected to the legislature to represent the Fifth Assembly District, N. Y. County, three successive times, namely as member of the legislatures of 1901, 1902 and 1903; received in addition to the continual Republican support the support in fusion years, of the Citizens' Union, Independent Democrats and all allied bodies opposed to Tammany Hall. While in the legislature, was noted for inde- pendence and watchfulness of the city's interests, author of the bill familiarly known as the Finch Law, placing those who fail to register and vote upon a pre- FINCK, Henry Theophilus : ferred list for jury service; also author of the laws designed to protect the labor of women and children familiarly known as the Child Labor Laws; also identified with educational laws and movements and author of important measures affecting the government of the City of N. Y .; a student, writer and lecturer on Municipal government. Member of Sons of the Am- erican Revolution, State Bar Association, Bar Association of the City of N. Y., Na- tional Bar Association, Metropolitan Mus- eum of Art, Republican Club, Phi Beta Kappa Alumni, Yale Club, Baltusrol Golf Club, Hillside Tennis and Golf Club, and Fort Orange Club of Albany; identified in N. Y. City with the work of betterment and uplifting of boys and young men. Ad- dress, 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City.

FINCH, Francis Miles :

Journalist and author; born Bethel, Mo., Sept. 22, 1854; entered Harvard Universi- ty; was graduated, 1876, with highest honors in Philosophy; in 1878 he received from Harvard the Harris Fellowship, which enabled him to spend three years at the Universities of Berlin, Heidelberg and Vienna, studying comparative psy- chology and sociology; became member of editorial staff of N. Y. Evening Post, 1881, writing editorials, reviews etc., particu- larly musical criticisms, with a strong bias for Wagner, Liszt, and other modern com- posers. His books include five on mus- ical topics: Chopin and Other Musical Es- says; Wagner and His Works; Songs and Song Writers; Paderewski and His Art; My Favorite Composers and Some Others; three volumes of travel sketches: Pacific Coast Scenic Tour; Spain and Morocco; Lotos-Time in Japan, and two volumes entitled: Romantic Love and Personal Beauty, and Primitive Love and Love Stories; he has edited: Pictorial Wagner; Fifty Master Songs; Fifty Schubert Songs, and a memorial volume on Anton Seidl, and has written many magazine articles; married, 1890, Abbie H. Cushman. Rest- (lence, 485 Manhattan Ave .; office, Even- ing Post, N. Y. City.

Lawyer; born Ithaca, June 9, 1827; was graduated from Yale, 1849; while there editor of Yale Literary Magazine and wrote numerous songs; at centennial of Linonia Society of Yale, 1853. read poems containing lyrics, especially Nathan Hale. subsequenly published The Blue and the Gray, in Atlantic Monthly; studied law at Ithaca, and admitted to Bar; during Grant's first term collector of internal revenue for Twenty-sixth dis- FINK, Henry : trict, of N. Y .; one of the first trustees of Chairman of the board Norfolk & West- ern Ry. ; born Germany, Nov. 29, 1831 ; edu- cated in the Polytechnic School at Darm- stadt ; entered railway service on the West- ern Maryland Road 1851; held various offices on different railways until 1876 when he became receiver and general man- ager of Norfolk & Western Road; Nov., 1881, to Jan., 1885, vice-president and Cornell University; May, 1880, judge of Court of Appeals to fill vacancies; 1881, elected for term of fourteen years; since 1891, dean of Cornell Law School; 1895. professor of History and Evolution of Law; recipient of honorary LL. D. from Hamilton and Yale; married May, 1853, Elizabeth A. Brooke, of Philadelphia; president N. Y. State Bar Association, general manager East Tennessee, Virginia

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& Georgia Ry., and general manager Mem- dency of the College of the City of N. Y. phis & Charleston Road; Nov., 1881, to and was formally installed in September, 1903. Address, College of City of N. Y., N. Y. City. Oct., 1888, general manager Virginia, Tennessee & Georgia Air Line; Jan., 1885, receiver East Tennessee, Virginia Road, FISCHER, Louis: June, 1886, vice-president same road ; April to Dec., 1887, vice-president Rich- mond & Danville Road; May, 1887, to July, 1892, vice-president Memphis & Charleston Road; Nov., 1890 to March, 1893, vice-president Cincinnati, New Or- leans & Texas Pacific Ry .; Nov., 1890, to Nov., 1893, vice-president Alabama Great Southern Road; June, 1892, to July, 1894,

receiver East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia Ry .; July, 1892, to Feb., 1898, receiver Memphis & Charleston Road; Feb., 1895, to Oct., 1896, receiver Norfolk & Western Road; Oct., 1896, president re- organized company of the Norfolk & Western Ry .; March, 1902 to the present time, chairman of the board Norfolk & Western Ry. Co. Residence, Plaza Hotel; office, 27 William St., N. Y City

FINLEY, John Huston, Ph. D., LL. D .:

President College of the City of N. Y .; born near Ottawa, Ill., in 1835; attended the country "district school" and prepared for college in the Ottawa Township high school; entered Knox College at Galesburg in 1882, and was graduated in 1887. In 1887 began a post-graduate course in Johns Hopkins University as a student of history and economics and while there was associated with Dr. Herbert Adams and Dr. Richard T. Ely in editorial work, including the joint authorship of a work on Taxation in American States and Cit- ies; he also contributed to various peri- odicals articles on sociological topics; the result of this work was that he was ten- dered the secretaryship of the State Char- ities Association of N. Y. He was en- gaged in this work until 1892, when he was invited to a professorship in Leland Stanford, Jr., University. At the same time, however, and when only twenty- eight years of age, he was offered the presidency of Knox College, his own alma mater, which he accepted; 1892 he mar- ried Miss Martha Ford Boyden, daughter of the Hon. A. W. Boyden, of Illinois; in 1899 he undertook editorial work for Har- per's and McClure's being the work for which he had especially equipped him- self during his university course. He had, however, hardly begun this work when he was called to the newly established chair of politics in Princeton University; this place he filled for three years. In April, 1903, he was called to the presi-

Physician; born Austria, Nov. 21, 1864; came to N. Y. and was educated in pub- lic schools and College of the City of N. Y .; was graduated from College of Phar- macy, 1882; University Medical College, New York, 1884; also studied in Berlin, Germany; 1895 married Clara Robert, of N. Y .; has made diseases of children his specialty; visiting physician Riverside Hospital, Willard Parker Hospital; attend- ing physician, children's department, Ger- man Poliklinik (dispensary). Member American Medical Association; Academy of Medicine, New York; N. Y. Co. Medical Association; N. Y. County Medical Socie- ty; Harlem Medical Society; N. Y. Phy- sicians Mutual Aid Association; author: Infant Feeding in Health and Disease. Address, 65 East 90th St., N. Y. City.

FISH, Hamilton:

Assistant U. S. treasurer at N. Y. City, since April, 1903; born Albany, N. Y., 1848; son of Hon. Hamilton Fish, ex- governor of N. Y. and secretary of State during administration of President Grant; was graduated from Columbia College, 1869. Was a member of New York As- sembly for several years, and speaker of the house, 1895-96. Member of Metropoli- tan, Union, Union League, Republican Clubs, and St. Nicholas Society of New York, and Metropolitan Club of Washing- ton. Address, U. S. Sub-Treasury, N. Y. City.

FISH, Stuyvesant:

Railway official; was graduated from Columbia University 1871; became director of Illinois Central R. R. in N. Y. State 1876; since May, 1887, president of same road; member of Union, Metropolitan, Down Town and St. Anthony Clubs; mar- ried Miss Marian G. Anthon Summer residence, Newport, R. I .; office, 135 Broadway, N. Y. City.

FISHER, Edward D .:

Physician, neurologist; born New York, 1856; educated College City of N. Y. and New York University Medical College; professor diseases of the nervous system, New York University Medical College ; visiting physician, City Hospital; consult- ing physician Manhattan State Hospital. Member: N. Y. Academy of Medicine, N. Y. Physicians Mutual Aid Association, New England Society; member of Uni- versity, Union League, and Richmond Hill

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Golf Clubs. Address, 19 West 52d St., | invented combined range finder and turret,

N. Y. City.

FISHER, Henry C .:

Captain U. S. Marine Corps; born in and appointed from Pennsylvania; second lieutenant, September 17, 1871; first lieu- tenant, September 27, 1879; captain March 16, 1893; reired March 16, 1893. Address, Mount Kisco, N. Y.

FISKE, Amos Kidder:

Author, journalist; born Whitefield, N. H., May 12, 1842; was graduated from Harvard, 1866, A. M., 1869; married, 1870, Caroline Child; admitted to Bar, New York, 1868; assisted the late George Tiek- nor Curtis in the preparation of his life of Daniel Webster ; contributed to the Am- erican Cyclopædia and the Annual Cyclo- pædia; on editorial staff New York Times over twenty years; associate editor of New York Journal of Commerce and Com- mercial Bulletin since beginning of 1903; author : Midnights Talks at the Club; Be- yond the Bourn; The Jewish Scriptures ; The Myths of Israel; The Story of the Philippines; The West Indies (in Story of Nations series) ; The Modern Bank (in Appleton's Business series) ; clubs: Cen- tury, New England Society. Address,, 7 West 43d St., N. Y. City.

FISKE, Bradley Allen:

Commander, U. S. Navy; born Lyons, N. Y., June 13, 1854; appointed to U. S. Naval Academy, Sept. 21, 1870; was grad- uated second in class, May 30, 1874; pro- moted to ensign, July 17, 1875; master, Feb. 2, 1881; lieutenant (junior grade), March 3, 1883; lieutenant, Jan. 26, 1887; lieutenant-commander, March 3, 1899; served in U. S. S. Saratoga, Constellation, Pensacola, Plymouth, Powhatan, Minne- sota, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Yorktown, Petrel, Monadnock and Massachusetts. In 1882 married Josephine, daughter of Joseph W. Ilarper, head of firm of Harper & Bros. In 1883 wrote Electricity and Electrical Engineering which ran through ten editions and was still selling in 1904. was member of first international congress of electric- ians in 1884; in 1896, while under the Bureau of Ordnance, Commaner Fiske in- vented the special form of the Ward Leo- nard system which was adapted for turn- ing turrets; it has been installed in all battleships constructed since that time; in 1896, invented semaphore system of day signals. After two years test in the Kearsarge and Alabama it was installed in all the battleships in the North Atlantic Fleet. In 1898, invented system of steer- ing torpedoes by Hertzian waves; in 1900,

and in 1901 a naval telescope and mount. In 1889 invented the naval telescope sight. This is Commander Fiske's most important invention and is now used by all the important navies of the world. In 1893 received Elliott Cresson gold medal from Franklin Institute; in 1894 invented the stadimeter which is used in all the ships of our navy. mander Fiske was navigator Com-

of the Petrel at the battle of Manila Bay, and was reported to the Department for "Em- inent and conspicuous conduct in battle" on that occasion. He was navigator of the Petrel at the taking of the city of Manila, and was navigator of the monitor Monad- nock during the four months following the outbreak of the Filipino Insurrection. Be- sides minor engagements, he took part in the bombardments of Paranaque and Mal- aban; as executive officer of the Yorktown he took part in the bombardment of San Fernando in Aug., 1899; 1902, inspector of Whitehead torpedoes during experiment, manufacture and test; Massachusetts, 1902-03; promoted commander, 1903; in- spector of ordnance, Cramp & Sons and Neafie & Levy Shipbuilding Cos., 1903-04. Received gold medal for prize essay from the U. S. Naval Institute, 1905. Address, 309 W. 106th St., N. Y. City.

FISKE, Haley:

Vice-president Metropolitan Life Insur- ance Co. of N. Y .; born New Brunswick, N. J., March 18, 1852; was prepared at that place for Rutgers College, from which he was graduated in 1871, at the age of nineteen years. His first vocation after graduation was journalism, which he later abandoned for the law; he studied in the Office of Arnoux, Ritch & Woodford, with whom he subsequently became a partner. He practiced his profession, appearing in many important cases, until his election, in 1891, to the vice-presidency of the Metropolitan Life, of which he had for some time been special counsel. He has devoted himself assiduously to the in- terests of this great and beneficent insti- tution since he became its second officer. Married, April 27, 1887, Marion Cowles Cushman. Is a member of the Players, City, Groliers, Delta Phi Clubs and of the Bar Association. Address, 1 Madison Ave., N. Y. City.

FISKE, Harrison Grey:

Editor and proprietor New York Dra- matic Mirror; born Harrison, N. Y., July 30, 1861; educated in private schools and two years in New York University; was

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editorial writer and dramatic critic, Jer- | sey City Argus and later on New York Star; became contributor to N. Y. Dra- matic Mirror, July, 1879, and soon after became a stockholder and editor of the paper; obtained a controlling interest, 1883; sole proprietor, 1888; married, 1890, Minnie Maddern Fiske, the well-known actress. Address, 121 West 42d St., N. Y. City.

FISKE, Mrs. Minnie Maddern:

Actress; born New Orleans, 1865; was early introduced to the stage, playing a child's part at the age of three; at twelve she was taking leading rôles, and at fif- teen began her career as a star, assuming the name of Minnie Maddern. During the years 1889-93, she temporarily retired from the stage and devoted herself to study; has since starred in various plays. Mar- ried Harrison Grey Fiske, March 19, 1890. Address, 121 West 42d St., N. Y. City.

FISKE, Stephen:

Author, dramatist, journalist ; born New Brunswick, N. J .; Nov. 22, 1840 ; graduated Rutgers College, 1862; editorial writer and special correspondent and later dra- matic critic on N. Y Herald; manager of St. James' Theatre, Royal English Opera Company, London, and Fifth Avenue Theatre, N. Y. City; is dramatic editor of Sports of the Times. Member of Lotos, Dramatists, American Authors Clubs, New York, and Savage and Scriblers Clubs, London; author of several popular books and plays. Address, 47 West 93d St., N. Y. City.

FISKE, Thomas Scott:

Professor mathematics, Columbia Uni- versity; editor; born May 12, 1865; was graduated from Columbia, 1885, A. M. 1886; Ph. D., 1888; one of founders and editor of Transactions of American Mathe- matical Society; wrote: Theory of Func- tions of Complex Variable, in Higher Mathematics. Address, 1690 Broadway, N. Y. City.

FISKE, William Mead Lindsley:

Surgeon, meterologist; born New York, May 10, 1841; son of Almond Dunbar Fiske; studied New York Medical College; was graduated from Bellevue Hospital College in 1863; graduate of New York Homeopathic College, 1864; established the meteorological station at San Mateo, Fla .; one of the founders of the Brooklyn Homeopathic Dispensary; 1891 attended the Berlin congress as a representative of the Kings County and N. Y. State So- cieties; club: Union League, Brooklyn. Address, 1140 Dean St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

FITCH, Charles Elliott:

Journalist, lecturer, writer; born Syra- cuse, N. Y., Dec. 3, 1835; was graduated from Williams College, 1855; Union Uni- versity, LL. B., 1857; M. A., Syracuse University, 1875; L. H. D., Hamilton Col- lege, 1895; married, Syracuse, N. Y., 1870, Louise Lawrence Smith; practiced law, Syracuse, N. Y. and Newbern, N. C., 1857-66; on editorial staff Syracuse Daily Standard, editor-in-chief Rochester Demo- crat and Chronicle, 1873-90; supervisor U. S. census, 1880; collector U. S. internal revenue, 1890-94; secretary of N. Y. Con- stitutional Convention, 1894; State lectur- er, N. Y. Department Public Instruction, since 1895; elected regent University of the State of N. Y. in 1877 for life; mem- ber American Historical Association, Sig- ma Phi, Phi Beta Kappa, and Rochester Historical Society. Address, N. Y. Rochester,

FITCH (William) Clyde :

Author and dramatist; born New York, May 2, 1865; was graduated from Am- herst, 1886, A M., 1902; author: A Wave of Life; 'The Knighting of the Twins; Some Correspondence, and Six Conversa- tions; The Smart Set; Nathan Hale; Bar-

bara Frietchie; Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines. Plays: Beau Brummell; Betty's Finish; Frederic Lemaitre; A Modern Match; Pamela's Prodigy; April Weather; His Grace de Grammont; The Career of Betty Singleton or Mistress Betty; The Moth and the Flame; The Cow-boy and the Lady; The Climbers; Lover's Lane. Adaptations: The Masked Ball; Gossip; Bohemia; The Head of the Family; The Girl and the Judge; The Way of the World; The Last of the Dandies; The Stubborness of Geraldine; The Girl with the Green Eyes; most of which have been produced; clubs: Players, Lambs, Loyal Legion. Address, 113 East 40th St., N. Y. City.

FITE, William Benjamin:

Educator; was graduated from Cornell University, Ph. B., 1892, and Ph. D., 1901; married; instructor in mathematics in Cornell; member of Delta Tau Delta and Sigma Xi Fraternities. Address, 127 Eddy St., Ithaca, N. Y.

FITSCHEN, John Frederick, jr .:

Presbyterian clergyman ; born 1867; was graduated from Williams College, 1889, and Auburn Theological Seminary, in 1892; ordained 1892; pastor since 1897 of First Presbyterian Church of Ithaca, N. Y .; married in 1899, Miss Ruth Williams, daughter of George R. Williams, of Ithaca; member of Board of Commis-

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sioners to Auburn Theological Seminary ; FITZGERALD, John Joseph:

member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity. Ad- dress, Ithaca, N. Y.

FITZGERALD, Edward T .:

Lieutenant, U. S. Navy; born New York; appointed from Texas; naval cadet, September 13, 1892; assistant engineer, May 6, 1898; rank changed to ensign, March 3, 1899; promoted lieutenant, junior grade, June 23, 1902; lieutenant March 3, 1903; duty on Iowa since September 3, 1902. Address, care Navy Department, Washington, D. C.

FITZGERALD, F. J. C., M. D .:

Physician ; born London, Canada, 1874; son of Judge and Mrs. W. W. Fitzgerald; educated at London Collegiate Institute, Western University, London, Western Uni- versity Medical College; came to New York in 1897; married, 1902, Miss Hattie S. Grimm, daughter of the late Rev. Chris- tian F. Grimm of New York; member College Physicians and Surgeons of On- tario; N. Y. County Medical Society; sur- geon N. Y. Throat & Nose Hospital; clinical assistant N. Y. Eye & Ear In- firmary; late assistant surgeon Williams- burg Hospital, Eye Department. Second vice-president Canadian Club of N. Y. Ad- dress, 39 East 27th St., N. Y. City.

FITZGERALD, James:

Judge of Supreme Court; born Ireland, Oct. 28, 1851; educated public schools and Cooper Institute, N. Y. City; was gradu- ated from Columbia College Law School, 1880; member N. Y. Assembly, 1878; State Senate, 1882; assistant district attorney, 1884; judge court of general sessions, 1890-98, when he was elected judge of the Supreme Court, N. Y., for a term of fourteen years; member of Manhattan, Democratic, Arkwright and Catholic Clubs; and Bar Association of N. Y. City. Residence, 140 East 79th St .; office, County Court House, N. Y. City.

FITZGERALD, John C .:

Democratic State Senator; represents the Eleventh District; born N. Y. City, Nov. 12, 1863, of Irish-American parents; attended the public schools of New York; was U. S. Customs officer for ten years; in 1897 appointed an expert accountant in the office of the Commissioners of Ac- counts of N. Y. City; elected State Sena- tor in 1902 and re-elected in 1904. In 1903 was appointed a member of the following Senate commitees: Commerce and Navi- gation, Miscellaneous Corporations, and Public Education. Address, 280 Broad- way, N. Y. City.

Democratic Congressman; born Brook- lyn, Mar. 10, 1872; received prelimi- nary education in public schools; entered Manhattan College, N. Y. City, and was graduated, receiving the degrees of A. B., and A. M .; studied law at the N. Y .. Law School; was admitted to the Bar at the age of twenty-one, and the same year received from the regents of the State of N. Y. the degree LL. B .; was a dele- gate to the National Democratic Conven- tion at Kansas City in 1900; was elected to the Fifty-sixth, Fifty-seventh and Fif- ty-eighth Congresses and re-elected to the Fifty-ninth. Address, 215 Montague St., Brooklyn, N. Y.

FITZGERALD, Joseph:

Author ; born 1837, Limerick, Ire- land ; author : Caseine, being Rural Meditations, published in Cincinnati by John P. Walsh, 1869; Word and Phrase : True and False Use in English, (1901, McClurg & Co.); translator of several works, mostly on natural science, from French and German; also works from Latin and Greek. Was assistant editor of the Popular Science Monthly, 1872- 79, and later four years assistant editor of the Forum; edited for one year the Twentieth Century, weekly, New York; one of the editors of the Manifold Cyclo- pædia and also of the Columbian Cyclo- pædia; publisher Humboldt Library of Science, 1879-89; graduate of Mount St. Mary's College, Emmittsburg, Md., 1856. Address. Mamaroneck, N. Y.

FITZGERALD, Louis :

Soldier; born N. Y. City, May 31, 1838; after thorough education he entered bus- iness in his native city. In 1857 he joined the Seventh Militia Regiment of New York, and afterwards entered the U. S. service as first lieutenant in the Eleventh N. Y. Regiment. He took part in the first battle of Bull Run and was made captain for his gallantry. After the disbanding of the Eleventh, he joined the Fortieth N. Y. Regiment as first lieutenant, and again was promoted captain for gallant services at the battle of Fair Oaks; acted as aide-de-camp during the peninsular campaign; afterward joined General J. G. Foster, commander of the Eighteenth Corps. In 1864 was brevetted major and subsequently lieutenant-colonel in the Na- tional Guard of N. Y .; 1882, appointed brigadier general and had charge of the Seventh, Eighth, Sixty-ninth and Seven- ty-first Militia Regiments of N. Y. Ad- dress, 253 Lexington Ave., N. Y. City.

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FITZ-PATRICK, Hugh Louis :

Journalist; born Brooklyn, July 11, 1861; golf reporter N. Y. Sun since 1895; author: Golf Don'ts. Address, Care The Sun, N. · Y. City.

FLACK, William Henry :

Republican Congressman ; born Frank- lin Falls, N. Y., March 22,, 1861; ed- ucated in the public schools ; became interested in lumbering and tanning ; was supervisor of the town of Wa- verly seven years and chairman of the board for two years; was elected county clerk of Franklin County in 1897, and re-elected in 1900; chairman of the Republican County Committee from 1898 to 1902; was elected president of Malone, N. Y., in 1902; elected to the Fifty-eighth Congress, and re-elected to the Fifty- ninth Congress. Address, Malone, N. Y. FLAGG, Edward Octavus:

Clergyman, poet and lecturer; born Georgetown, S. C., Dec. 13, 1824; son of Henry C. and Martha Flagg; studied civil engineering; educated at Hopkins Gram- mar School, New Haven, Conn., and Trin- ity College, Hartford, Conn .; D. D., Uni- versity of N. Y., 1866; LL. D., St. John's College, Annapolis, Md., 1898; married, first, Eliza W. McNiel, second, Mary L. Ferris; deacon 1848, priest, 1849; held several pastorates; was rector of All Saints' Church and Church of the Resur- rection, and assistant of Grace Church nearly six years; chaplain of the Ninth Regiment, N. Y. N. G., also of the Prince of Orange Masonic Lodge of N. Y .; re- fused call to Trinity Church, New Orleans. Author of poems, 1890, and later poems, 1895; composed words and music of a national anthem: Rejoice for Liberty, and a number of Christmas and Easter carols. He has lectured extensively in schools and in public, and was secretary of the Society of American Authors and one of its board of managers. Now retired from active ministry, although occasionally en- gaged in preaching and literary work; has been for a long time contributor to the press. Address, H. W. Brush, 117 Frank- lin St., N. Y. City.

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Who's who in New York (city and state) 1904, Part 60

Author: Publication date: 1904- Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc. Number of Pages: 1100

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Publication date: 1904-
Publisher: New York : Lewis Historical Pub. Co., etc.
Number of Pages: 1100